Toneprint iOS app by TC

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Nov 092011
 

Now this is a crazy idea that TC has just implemented. They have just released a free app (iOS for now, Android to follow) that allows you to ‘beam’ a Toneprint profile into a pedal through the iPhone speaker and the pickups of your guitar.

This video should help you understand:

I can’t wait to try it with my Flashback Delay (read my review of this pedal here). I have briefly tried the app and it features lots of toneprint profiles with descriptions and interviews of the artists who have helped developing them, very cool!

 

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New Boss Pedals for 2011

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Sep 152011
 

Much like every year, Boss has just announced three new pedals:

  • the FB-2 feedbacker/booster puts on a twist to the classical treble booster by facilitating feedback. That reminds me of the now defunct DF-2, a Boss distortion pedal that would feedback by pressing on it.
  • the BC-2 combo overdrive seems to be a Vox AC-30 version if the more metal oriented ST-2 released last year. A character knob changes the amount of gain as well as the voicing of the overdrive/distorted tone
  • the RC-300 is a looper that fills the gap between the compact RC-3/RC-30 and the flagship RC-50

And now straight out of Japan, here is a video demo of the BC-2 and the FB-2:

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Billy Corgan’s Pedal Stash

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Jul 072011
 

O to be a rock star! Here is a Guitar World video where Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins shows his numerous pedals. There is some pretty original stuff in there:

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Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter

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Apr 162011
 

I covered last year the release of the Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion pedal, an innovative modeling unit which can reproduce the tone of many legendary overdrive and distortion pedals.

Source Audio did it again, this time turning its attention towards envelope filters. The Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter does all the clean 70s funky tones you would expect from an envelope filter but it is capable of much more. I especially love the way it can fatten a distorted tone, much like a good phaser can. The filter “action” can be controlled “manually” using the Hot Hand ring. If you don’t know what I am talking about, I suggest you watch this video showing the Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter in action:

Note that there is a bass version of the Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter.

 

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